One month ago, Mike Gould, committed to donate $7.5 million to Kimberley Hockey, a story that put this blog on the map, and attracted attention throughout the province and the nation.
Here we are one month later and the Kimberley Dynamiter's President James Leroux reported that the funds have not been received yet.
At this point, Leroux didn't want to comment further on the commitment. He replied that the teams executive is volunteer based, they have full-time jobs, and that the executive wants to get back to focusing on the Nitro's regular season, and will deal with the ramifications of the committed donation in the off-season.
Gould kept his responses to questions short and simple regarding the donation."Banks" he said. And then later added that the hold up is very frustrating.
Taking some columnist liberties here, Kimberley is a small town and rumors have been circulating regarding the validity of the commitment moments after it's announcement. Trust is needed to know that the Nitro's executive have done their due diligence before making such a public announcement; which I know they have.
In the short conversation with Gould, it was a friendly reminder that we are dealing with a large sum of money. This isn't an amount that can just be withdrawn from the nearest ATM. There are banks, lawyers, and all sorts of other red-tape involved.
So let us all return our focus back to the Kimberley Dynamiters and their fantastic start to the regular season; and not focus so much attention on and give so much energy to the rumors. We need to just wait, patiently, for the announcement that the funds have been received.
***And please keep in mind, I am not on the board, I have no professional affiliation to the team, I just report.***
(Updated Nov 14) The Kimberley Dynamiters have since released a statement:
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